Show bill PASSED the house concludes the debate several important amendments killed shape the sundry civil bill is now in bill formally presented to the senate will be taken up tor consideration aorel 2 mcpherson will fleat the income tax provision statehood question washington march 20 the sundry civil appropriation bill passed the house today without division the amendment to the proposition for a general land ollice amending the provision of the act of 1801 repealing the timber culture and preemption acts which was adopted in the committee at the was defeated tho clauses to require an accounting by disbursing officers of soldiers homes to the treasury department and annual reports by the boards to the secretary of war fell under blacks point of order the bill aa passed carries more than it did as re ported from the committee on antons the four appropriations bill passed the district of columbia pension fortifications and sundry civil carry a reduction of as compared with the came bill for the current fiscal year at their request mr catchings of mississippi and mr beltzhoover of pennsyl vania were relieved from further service on the pacific railroad committee the house after a call of committees went into committee of the whole for consideration of the sundry civil bill the bending question was blacks point of order against two clauses in the paragraph relating to soldiers homes and requiring officers of homes to five bonds and make an accounting treasury and requiring the board ut managers to make annual reports to the secretary of war populist of kansas was not convinced that the policy of placing homes under the war department was a good one but argued that an investigation into the general affairs of the homes should be made the chair sustained the point of order and the paragraphs were stricken from the bill hartman of montana and mccleary of minnesota proceeded to criticism criticise critic ise the to the appropriation to gen eral land office adopted at the instigation of mr II olman amending the timber cul anre and preemption pre emption act of 1891 tawney of minnesota and johnson of dakota aso criticized criticised Holman fl amendment to the timber culture repeal 1 ct holman made a brief explanation in defense of bis amendment and the committee rose and reported the bill ond the amendments to the house A separate vote was demanded by tawney upon the holman amendment and by bowers upon alic amendments appropriating pria ting for the nce at buffalo and for alie pos tollice at new york an a rising vote folmana holmana Hol mana amendment was carried 77 to 61 mccleary demanded the yeas and nays the decision of the biting was reversed and the amendment was lost 91 to bowers withdrew li demand fora sep the buffalo aidt new york amendments and the bill was then placed on its final passage it passed without division A clash then occurred as to the order of procedure outhwaite of ohio attempting to move to go into committee of the for consideration of the military academy i bill and of tennessee as a question of privilege called up the eil joy contested election case waugh of indiana eaid the question for consideration was against it the yeas and nays were demanded on the question of con raised by waugh the republicans refrained from voting and the democrats fell short of a quorum twenty five vote alie result being 50 to 4 and a call of the house was or alered tl ered the call developed tie presence members cpatterson offered a resolution revoking absence instructing the ser geant at arms to telegraph all absentees to return adopted without division Patt erten that when the house adjourn today alt be to meet on thursday next the motion was carried and the llouel until thursday s the senate washington march 20 abe tariff bill was today fairly launched on its way in the senate mr voorhees reporting it to the senate and giving notice that or april ad he will take ft up for consideration Hc Pherson of new jersey stated that he had assented co to the believing the bill was the best obtainable in the committee he disagreed with bis col ile aBos ai to the income tax and said that at the proper time he would move to it from the bill he aa disagreed to the sugar schedule believing that athe method of testing was putting a dan power in the bands of government hawaiian nawa iian question cropped out aan to bol george of mississippi spent in discussing its legal aspect the acts of bills were offered nd aate brief executive senate the gitlen hit len of statehood delegate joseph of new W will make a move as eoon a the bills are out of the way to secure special rule by which the kew mexico statehood bill will be el veil abe right of way and block all other business in the house until a quorum bakes it appearance and passes the bill ae party unes are dt wn on the bill he can hope for no help from the republicans the latter want oklahoma admitted at the name date in order to secure two ite publican se natora to offset the democratic senators from new mexico it breed utah and arizona bills al ready passed by the house give prospect of four democratic senators that fairness urges the admission of oklahoma as well as the other three |